Philomela Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBAAB CCAA DEDEBFFB CCAA| The nightingale as soon as April bringeth | A |
| Unto her rested sense a perfect waking | B |
| While late bare earth proud of new clothing springeth | A |
| Sings out her woes a thorn her song book making | B |
| And mournfully bewailing | B |
| Her throat in tunes expresseth | A |
| What grief her breast oppresseth | A |
| For Tereus' force on her chaste will prevailing | B |
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| O Philomela fair O take some gladness | C |
| That here is juster cause of plaintful sadness | C |
| Thine earth now springs mine fadeth | A |
| Thy thorn without my thorn my heart invadeth | A |
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| Alas she hath no other cause of anguish | D |
| But Tereus' love on her by strong hand wroken | E |
| Wherein she suffering all her spirits languish | D |
| Full womanlike complains her will was broken | E |
| But I who daily craving | B |
| Cannot have to content me | F |
| Have more cause to lament me | F |
| Since wanting is more woe than too much having | B |
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| O Philomela fair O take some gladness | C |
| That here is juster cause of plaintful sadness | C |
| Thine earth now springs mine fadeth | A |
| Thy thorn without my thorn my heart invadeth | A |
Sir Philip Sidney
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